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applier
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n 1: a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance
or employment or admission [syn: applicant, applier]
2: a device for applying a substance [syn: applicator,
applier]
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briar
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n 1: Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and
bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips [syn:
sweetbrier, sweetbriar, brier, briar, eglantine,
Rosa eglanteria]
2: a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States
growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny
leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by
clusters of inedible shiny black berries [syn: bullbrier,
greenbrier, catbrier, horse brier, horse-brier,
brier, briar, Smilax rotundifolia]
3: evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white
flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used
to make tobacco pipes [syn: tree heath, briar, brier,
Erica arborea]
4: a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath [syn:
briar, briar pipe]
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brier
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n 1: tangled mass of prickly plants [syn: brier, brierpatch,
brier patch]
2: a thorny stem or twig
3: Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and
bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips [syn:
sweetbrier, sweetbriar, brier, briar, eglantine,
Rosa eglanteria]
4: a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States
growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny
leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by
clusters of inedible shiny black berries [syn: bullbrier,
greenbrier, catbrier, horse brier, horse-brier,
brier, briar, Smilax rotundifolia]
5: evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white
flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used
to make tobacco pipes [syn: tree heath, briar, brier,
Erica arborea]
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buyer
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n 1: a person who buys [syn: buyer, purchaser, emptor,
vendee]
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crier
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n 1: a person who weeps [syn: weeper, crier]
2: (formerly) an official who made public announcements [syn:
town crier, crier]
3: a peddler who shouts to advertise the goods he sells
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drier
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n 1: a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide
absorbs water and is used to remove moisture) [syn:
desiccant, drying agent, drier, siccative]
2: an appliance that removes moisture [syn: dryer, drier]
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dryer
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n 1: an appliance that removes moisture [syn: dryer, drier]
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dyer
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n 1: someone whose job is to dye cloth
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fire
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n 1: the event of something burning (often destructive); "they
lost everything in the fire"
2: the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; "hold
your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they
retreated in the face of withering enemy fire" [syn: fire,
firing]
3: the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing
heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our
ancestors' first discoveries" [syn: fire, flame,
flaming]
4: a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning;
"they sat by the fire and talked"
5: once thought to be one of four elements composing the
universe (Empedocles)
6: feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great
ardor" [syn: ardor, ardour, fervor, fervour,
fervency, fire, fervidness]
7: fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking; "put
the kettle on the fire"; "barbecue over an open fire"
8: a severe trial; "he went through fire and damnation"
9: intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the
Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack";
"don't give me any flak" [syn: fire, attack, flak,
flack, blast]
v 1: start firing a weapon [syn: open fire, fire]
2: cause to go off; "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet" [syn: fire,
discharge]
3: bake in a kiln so as to harden; "fire pottery"
4: terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or
position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company
terminated 25% of its workers" [syn: displace, fire,
give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away,
sack, force out, give the sack, terminate] [ant:
employ, engage, hire]
5: go off or discharge; "The gun fired" [syn: fire,
discharge, go off]
6: drive out or away by or as if by fire; "The soldiers were
fired"; "Surrender fires the cold skepticism"
7: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse
pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" [syn: arouse,
elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise,
provoke]
8: destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"
[syn: burn, fire, burn down]
9: provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace" [syn: fuel,
fire]
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flier
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n 1: someone who travels by air [syn: flier, flyer]
2: someone who operates an aircraft [syn: aviator, aeronaut,
airman, flier, flyer]
3: an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet)
intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the circular to
all subscribers" [syn: circular, handbill, bill,
broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer, throwaway]
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flyer
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n 1: an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a
leaflet) intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the
circular to all subscribers" [syn: circular, handbill,
bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer,
throwaway]
2: someone who travels by air [syn: flier, flyer]
3: someone who operates an aircraft [syn: aviator, aeronaut,
airman, flier, flyer]
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friar
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n 1: a male member of a religious order that originally relied
solely on alms [syn: friar, mendicant]
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fryer
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n 1: flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying
[syn: fryer, frier, pullet]
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higher
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adj 1: advanced in complexity or elaboration; "higher finance";
"higher mathematics"
2: of education beyond the secondary level; "higher education";
"higher learning"
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hire
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n 1: a newly hired employee; "the new hires need special
training"
2: the act of hiring something or someone; "he signed up for a
week's car hire"
v 1: engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in
the department"; "How many people has she employed?" [syn:
hire, engage, employ] [ant: can, dismiss,
displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the
axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate]
2: hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
[syn: rent, hire, charter, lease]
3: engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an
apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we
take a guide in Rome?" [syn: lease, rent, hire,
charter, engage, take]
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jambalaya
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n 1: spicy Creole dish of rice and ham, sausage, chicken, or
shellfish with tomatoes, peppers, onions, and celery
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liar
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n 1: a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly [syn: liar,
prevaricator] [ant: square shooter, straight arrow,
straight shooter]
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multiplier
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n 1: the number by which a multiplicand is multiplied [syn:
multiplier, multiplier factor]
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outlier
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n 1: a person who lives away from his place of work
2: an extreme deviation from the mean
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prior
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adj 1: earlier in time [syn: anterior, prior(a)]
n 1: the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is
next below the abbot
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pyre
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n 1: wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite [syn:
pyre, funeral pyre]
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supplier
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n 1: someone whose business is to supply a particular service or
commodity [syn: supplier, provider]
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nigher
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adv 1: (comparative of `near' or `close') within a shorter
distance; "come closer, my dear!"; "they drew nearer";
"getting nearer to the true explanation" [syn: nearer,
nigher, closer]
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plier
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n 1: someone who plies a trade [syn: plier, plyer]
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trier
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n 1: one (as a judge) who examines and settles a case
2: one who tries [syn: trier, attempter, essayer]
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thalia
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n 1: (Greek mythology) the Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry
2: (Greek mythology) one of the three Graces
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dulia
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hyperdulia
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prier
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replier
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shier
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shyer
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slier
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slyer
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sprier
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spryer
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eyer
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sigher
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lier
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